Rise of Authoritarianism

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North Ossetia–Alania

How Ossetian Uatsdin became ‘the most successful’ pagan faith in the world

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Azerbaijan severs ties with EU Parliament over Nagorno-Karabakh resolution

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EU sanctions Azerbaijani bank, but removes five Azerbaijani vessels

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Nagorno-Karabakh

Satellite imagery suggests Stepanakert’s main church destroyed by Azerbaijan

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The Georgian Orthodox Church

Georgian Orthodox Church shortlists three candidates for next Patriarch — who are they?

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Tbilisi’s ‘fairytale’ Trump Tower — doomed to fail?

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